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Original title: Way of the Exploding Fist
Alternative title: Kung-Fu : Way of the  Exploding Fist  (US)
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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This menacingly-titled beat 'em up was the first in many martial arts titles from Australia's Melbourne House. Sixteen different moves are on offer, ranging from standard kicks to jumps, somersaults and roundhouse kicks.

The move executed each time is defined based on the character's direction, the joystick/keyboard positioning, and on whether the fire button is depressed, in a system which became standard on single-button control systems.

To win each bout you must score 2 Yin-Yangs - a perfectly executed kick/punch scores a full one, whereas a less forceful contact offers half a point - the best moves also offer more points. In the one-player game, you advance through a Dan by winning two successive bouts, and a single win for the opponent means game over. The champion in a two-player duel is decided by points after 4 rounds.

Trivia

According to the magazine Retro Gamer (issue #1), the game was Mastertronic's #19 best selling game (182.407 copies).

Happy Computer
Issue 02/1986 - #3 Best Game in 1985 (Readers' Vote)

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Description from the packaging  (US release) :

The only Karate game with one or two player action!
You have been kidnapped and taken to a small island off Okinawa, Japan. The head of the largest remaining Ninja sect has summoned you to fight or die. As a Kung-Fu master, you must use all of your skills in order to survive.

You are alone in the arena. An elite inner cadre of the dark master's fighting force will challenge you. Each will use the most advanced techniques of the martial arts- flying kicks, jabs to the face and somersaults- in order to destroy you. If they succeed, the Ninja will have triumphed over the ancient Kung-Fu masters.

But you must not fail. You know The Way. You have not been corrupted by the dark master's twisted use of Kung-Fu as a weapon of destruction. The battle lines are clearly drawn, the rest is up to you.

Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist is the finest Karate fighting game available. It features:
One or Two player action.
Oriental background music.
Realistic sound effects.
More than 15 different moves, including somersaults and roundhouse kicks.
Extremely smooth animation, with dazzling graphics and fast game play.
